Example sentences of "far as you can " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to get right down as far as you can . |
| 2 | This is taking a sense of the particular about as far as you can go : man evolving as harmoniously with his landscape as the mayfly nymph evolved in harmony with its stream . |
| 3 | Close your eyes , inhale and bend back as far as you can ( without any discomfort ) thrusting your arms back . |
| 4 | Take three deep breaths , breathing in as far as you can but without straining . |
| 5 | Raise the eyebrows , forcing them up as far as you can as if trying to make them meet your hair line . |
| 6 | You 've got to keep yourself active as far as you can . |
| 7 | All you have to do is stand still , then in a sudden , short burst of activity you chuck this sort of cannon-ball-like object as far as you can . |
| 8 | Put your hand inside their pocket and push the rope up the sleeve as far as you can . |
| 9 | Then put your other arm right down in his sleeve from the top as far as you can until you can grasp the rope . |
| 10 | As you go through these , try to aim for clarity and smoothness , not just speed ( and if you have a 21-fret guitar , obviously only play up as far as you can go ! ) . |
| 11 | Slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 12 | Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 13 | Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 14 | Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 15 | With one leg extended forward and the other leg bent , stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 16 | But reach as far as you can . |
| 17 | The voters , so far as you can judge from Greek opinion polls , would like to choose an economically responsible government in the coming election , and may even be willing to react responsibly to what it asks of them . |
| 18 | First , a murder should be , as far as you can make it so , attention-grabbing . |
| 19 | Equally , your murder still needs to be , in so far as you can contrive it without becoming ridiculous , attention-grabbing . |
| 20 | • Tip : Accept your baby 's unpredictability as far as you can , and on no account blame yourself for it ( or listen to anyone who implies you ought to get his act together ) . |
| 21 | ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can . |
| 22 | ‘ What 's it feel like , as far as you can reach ? ’ |
| 23 | You 're to get away , as far as you can . ’ |
| 24 | If general opinion favours Lothar , and if you are in a position of influence with him , please do n't forget us , and drive the wicked designs of bad men away from us , as far as you can . " |
| 25 | Thus Sir William Trumbull , when he was sent as English ambassador to Paris in 1685 , was told that : You shall constantly correspond with our ministers in other foreign courts , for our better service , and your mutual information and assistance in your respective negotiations ; and you shall also maintain a good correspondence and intercourse with all the other ambassadors , envoys and ministers of princes and states in amity with us , and as far as you can penetrate into the designs of their respective superiors , and of what you can discover of this nature you shall give us a constant account by one of our Principal Secretaries of State . |
| 26 | If you act for the seller of a building estate , even though it comprises no more than a dozen houses or flats , it will repay you to have printed as many documents as possible ( drafts and engrossments of conveyance or lease , contract , etc ) and to anticipate as far as you can a buyer 's preliminary requirements . |
| 27 | Pull the drawer out as far as you can . |